1999-05-10                     Senate Journal                      Page 1352
HB 187                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 187(FIN) BY THE HOUSE FINANCE                            
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                           
                                                                               
An Act removing a requirement that a certificate of need is needed             
before elimination of a category of health services provided by a              
health care facility; prohibiting a person from converting a building          
or part of a building to a nursing home that requires licensure unless         
authorized by a certificate of need; setting a standard of review for          
applications for certificates of need relating to nursing homes and            
nursing home beds and relating to that standard of review; providing           
that the standard of review for applications for certificates of need          
for beds other than nursing home beds or for a health care facility            
other than a nursing home is the availability and quality of existing          
health care resources or the accessibility to those resources compared         
to the current or projected requirement for health services required           
to maintain the good health of citizens of this state; defining the            
term nursing home bed; eliminating statutory references to the                 
office of planning and research in the Department of Health and                
Social Services; and providing for an effective date.                          
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.